What desktop environments use fewer resources in Linux?

Posted by adito on Sunday April 21, 2013 @07:53PM
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Re:What desktop environments use fewer resources in Linux? by nooneelsebut on Sunday April 21, 2013 @09:26PM (#5587284)

I have to say hats off to WindowMaker. It's more resource-heavy than OpenBox or FluxBox, but I love dockapps.

Can't live without them anymore. They're live tiles way before Microsoft even thought of them.

Also, it's more functional than OpenBox by a mile, as well.

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Re:What desktop environments use fewer resources in Linux? by rachelbythebay on Sunday April 21, 2013 @09:43PM (#5587319)

Have you tried running your dock stuff on those other WMs? You might be surprised.

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Re:What desktop environments use fewer resources in Linux? by t0 on Sunday April 21, 2013 @08:37PM (#5587143)

I love Fluxbox. It only uses 10MB of RAM and runs just about anything you can imagine.

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Re:What desktop environments use fewer resources in Linux? by rogerbinns on Sunday April 21, 2013 @11:22PM (#5587585)

10MB is awfully close to the cache in my CPU!

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Re:What desktop environments use fewer resources in Linux? by zalew on Sunday April 21, 2013 @09:24PM (#5587277)

if you want a nicely preconfigured openbox http://crunchbanglinux.org/ (debian)

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Re:What desktop environments use fewer resources in Linux? by mehrzad on Sunday April 21, 2013 @11:59PM (#5587709)

STOP CALLING WINDOW MANAGERS DESKTOP ENVIRONMENTS.

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Re:What desktop environments use fewer resources in Linux? by fimad on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @03:37AM (#5593795)

No love for xmonad?

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